Chapter 1 SS

To try hard to achieve a goal.

• harvest

• endeavor

• prairie

• slash-and-burn

To take and gather such crops as wheat and corn for use.

• Harvest

• Mesa

• Prairie

• Hieroglyph

A type of ancient writing that uses pictures for words.

• Endeavor

• Harvest

• Oral History

• Hieroglyph

Early human who lived by gathering wild plants and hunting animals

• Harvest

• Potlatch

• Hunter-Gatherer

• Totem Pole

A flat-topped hill with steep sides.

• Mesa

• Prairie

• Hieroglyph

• Potlatch

Spoken records, including stories, that have been passed from one generation to the next.

• Hieroglyph

• Endeavor

• Oral History

• Totem Pole

A special feast given by the Native Americans of the Northwest Coast, in which the guests receive gifts.

• Slash-and-Burn

• Potlatch

• Harvest

• Endeavor

Flat or gently rolling land covered mostly with grasses or flowers.

• Mesa

• Harvest

• Endeavor

• Prairie

A method of clearing land for farming by cutting and burning trees.

• Slash-and-Burn

• Potlatch

• Harvest

• Mesa

A tall carved log used by Native Americans of the Northwest Coast to honor an important person or to mark a special event.

• Hieroglyph

• Potlatch

• Totem Pole

• Harvest